Queensland flames NSW over Coal Seam Gas output

The sunshine state’s Energy Minister has accused the New South Wales Baird government of contributing to energy price hikes.

29 April, 2014

Productivity Commission to probe natural disaster relief funding

The federal Treasurer and Justice Minister have announced a landmark probe into finding better ways to manage the billions of dollars needed to mop up after and mitigate environmental ravages.

29 April, 2014

Barry O’Farrell resigns claiming ‘massive failure of memory’ over gift of $3000 bottle of wine

NSW leader’s career drowned by inconsistent evidence over delivery of 1959 bottle of Penfolds Grange.

16 April, 2014

Queensland government hits Underground Coal Gasification player Linc Energy with environmental damage charges

Anger and accusations fly over why an official investigation took nine months with little detail of what damage was caused.

15 April, 2014

Why PM&C’s social media policy is a dud

Getting across social media has never been easy for government organisations of any kind.

11 April, 2014

WA solar energy lobby claims success in swinging votes away from renewable energy skeptics

The abolition of the Carbon Tax was sold as the cure for soaring power bills, but in Western Australia the prospect of households losing the opportunity to feed into the grid and cut their power bills is burning a few fingers.

8 April, 2014

Property developers and businesses push for more votes on councils

Angry ratepayers don’t just live in houses. Shopkeepers and the high-rise industry in NSW say they want a greater representation at local government elections, even though they usually fail to cast a ballot when they are entitled to.

7 April, 2014

APS industrial action looms over Abbott’s first term

The public service union is digging in for a long and protracted high stakes battle to ensure its survival well beyond the current Prime Minister and the next election.

3 April, 2014

iPads becoming standard issue for Queensland cops

Radio requests and paperwork back at the station are gradually becoming obsolete as police face the digital future.

3 April, 2014

Engineers claim $200bn in risky coastal assets urgently need climate change plan

Design standards and asset management plans will have to change with the weather say works experts.

2 April, 2014

Abetz throws down industrial relations gauntlet to APS and its union

The release of the government’s bargaining framework for the looming negotiations over pay and conditions shows that the government is digging in for a fight.

1 April, 2014

Melbourne’s extremely heated discussion creates City’s first Chief Resilience Officer

Metropolitan strategies for dealing with blistering summer temperatures have business and resident survival squarely in their sights.

1 April, 2014

Abetz finally forced to negotiating table over pay says CPSU

The government is poised to up its pay offer to public servants from nothing at all to a below inflation pay increase as talks begin in earnest.

28 March, 2014

NCA ‘retracting’ online discounts for Parliamentary Triangle pay parking

Incentives to pay up-front appear to have been put on-hold pending official clarification.

26 March, 2014